Chkvishi ( ka, ჭყვიში) is a village in the

Vani Municipality Vani ( ka, ვანის მუნიციპალიტეტი) is a municipality of Georgia, in the region of Imereti. Its main town is Vani. Geography In 1930, it was separated into a separate district. Located in the extreme southwester ...

Imereti Imereti ( Georgian: იმერეთი, ) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 mun ...

Region,

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first mentioned in the 16th century. The Galaktion and Titsian Tabidze House Museum is located in the village.

Population

As of the 2014 national census, Chkvishi had a population of 376, almost entirely

Georgians Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and Peoples of the Caucasus, Caucasian ethnic group native to present-day Georgia (country), Georgia and surrounding areas historically associated with the Ge ...

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Notable residents

* Galaktion Tabidze, poet born in Chkvishi *

Titsian Tabidze Titsian Tabidze ( ka, ტიციან ტაბიძე, simply referred to as Titsiani; ka, ტიციანი) (16 December 1937), was a Georgian poet and one of the leaders of the Georgian symbolist movement. He fell victim to Joseph ...

, poet born in Chkvishi

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Vani Municipality